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Avo Semerjian is a highly skilled and experienced Principal Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Advisor, CISO, and IT Governance, Risk & Compliance Consultant, with over 8,000 LinkedIn connections. Avo has led enterprise and global IT security initiatives at major corporations and top consulting firms, including Amazon, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Avo is a seasoned data privacy consultant and subject matter expert, specializing in GDPR, COPPA, HIPAA, and CCPA regulatory requirements. They have successfully spearheaded data privacy initiatives and worked closely with cross-functional teams, including legal counsel, human resources, marketing, and IT, to ensure compliance with privacy regulations. Avo's expertise in privacy compliance audit mechanisms and their ability to develop and deploy privacy safeguards in business processes have been instrumental in achieving regulatory compliance for their clients.
Furthermore, Avo is a skilled communicator and problem solver, effectively leading organizations to minimize risk and recover from unauthorized access. They have a proven track record of improving functional, compliance, and financial success for major enterprises through the innovative deployment of IT security best practices. Avo is also a master in vendor risk assessment and has a talent for mentoring staff and providing guidance on cybersecurity and data protection issues. With their impressive background and expertise, Avo Semerjian is a trusted leader in the field of data privacy and cybersecurity.
More about this expert
- Full name
- Avo Semerjian
- Location
- Burbank, California, United States
- Title
- Principal Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Advisor | CISO | IT Governance, Risk & Compliance Consultant
- Company
- Semerjian Group
- LinkedIn profile
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/semerjian/
- LinkedIn Connections
- 8076
- Summary
- Data Privacy | Data Protection | GDPR | CCPA | PbD | Privacy Impact Assessment | Data Mapping | OneTrust | Data Governance | FFIEC | FISMA | Gap Analysis | HIPAA | InfoSec PM | ISO27001 / 27701 | NIST | PCI-DSS | PII | Privacy Shield | SOX | GLBA | Vulnerability Scanning | Vendor Risk Assessment | Project Management skills | Business Process Improvement | SOC 2 Top cybersecurity, California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), data privacy, risk, and compliance leader. I lead enterprise and global IT security and compliance initiatives. Post-data breach recovery leader at Sony Pictures and Las Vegas Sands. Use innovative deployment of IT security best practices to boost functional, compliance and financial success to major enterprises. Vendor risk assessment master. A highly skilled communicator, staff mentor, and multi-level problem solver. Spearheading organizations to minimize risk and recover from unauthorized access
- Skills
- IT Management Vendor Management
Education
- University of Phoenix
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Attended in 2008
- 2010
- California State University, Northridge
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Bachelor of Science
Attended in 2000 - 2005
Field of study: Computer Science
Positions
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Semerjian Group
United States
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Principal Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Advisor | CISO | IT Governance, Risk & Compliance Consultant
Apr 2014 - Present
Led enterprise and global IT security initiatives at major corporations and top consulting firms:
• Amazon
• Anitian
• Blue Shield of California
• City National Bank
• Early Warning Services
• Electronics For Imaging
• Fox Media
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
• KPMG
• McKesson
• NBCUniversal Media
• Nestlé
• Pax8
• PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment
• State Compensation Insurance Fund
• Walt Disney Company
Seasoned data privacy consultant subject matter expert matter on data privacy and information security. Worked with top-rank organizations, spearheading data privacy initiatives on GDPR, COPPA, HIPAA and CCPA regulatory requirements.
• Worked closely with teams including legal counsel, human resources, marketing, IT, data governance, compliance, physical security, information security, and vendor management, in close coordination with C-level executives. Supported daily operations for CCPA, and data privacy requirements. Some of my leading accomplishments:
• Partnered with technical and non-technical leadership to develop and deploy privacy compliance audit mechanisms in business processes for regulatory compliance with requirements of GDPR, CCPA, COPPA and CAN-SPAM act.
• As auditor identified, documented and worked with teams to remediate and build process, procedures and policy, performed an assessment and led training at all levels. Held vendors accountable.
• Supported critical business partners such as legal counsel, information security, risk and compliance, and senior management.
• Reviewed data classification policies and safeguarding of PII data. Worked closely with third-party vendors on risk assessment and mitigation.
• Performed PCI, PII, EU Privacy (GDPR), and Cloud compliance audit reviews.
• Remediated BCP, IT Governance, Vendor Risk Management, Payments, Policy & Standards), reviewed NIST Framework standards against Organization Policy and Standards. Including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.
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Las Vegas Sands Corp.
Las Vegas, Nevada Area
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Cybersecurity & Data Privacy, Senior Project Manager | Global Risk & Compliance PM
Apr 2011 - Apr 2014
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GCS Health Corp
Burbank, CA
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CIO, Vice President of Information Technology
Jul 2008 - Apr 2011